George W. Bush Is Facebook’s 43rd President

Everyone very kindly welcome George W. Bush to Facebook! The former president’s Facebook page has “just launched,” Politico’s Mike Allen breathlessly reports. (Mike Allen is hyperventilating, probably!) Bush is new to Facebook, so forgive him for writing in the third-person. He introduced himself thusly on his wall: “Since leaving office, President Bush has remained active. He has visited 20 states and 8 countries; given over 65 speeches; launched the George W. Bush Presidential Center; participated in 4 policy conferences through The Bush Institute; finished the first draft of his memoir, “Decision Points”; and partnered with President Clinton to establish the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. More on his activities in future posts...” A full 11 people “liked” this. George W. Bush was famously this country’s president at the turn of the 21st century—a tenure that has earned him more than 500 Facebook fans. These people are writing on his wall in droves. “Your administration was the 8 year bright spot between the years of the White House being treated like the local Hooters and now 4 long years of the Karl Marx/Saul Alinsky Black Panther Rally Hoe Down HQ. You were a class act and taught this country the meaning of honor, integrity and true leadership,” wrote “Laura F.” Is there a “love” button?

More critical and informed students of history (i.e., haters!) are most definitely not welcome. “Those who say he kept us safe....did you forget 9-11 and the anthrax attacks?” asked “Christopher O.,” to which the aforementioned “Laura F.” replied, “Take your hate somewhere else dude. Go read Daily Kos and wallow in your liberal twistedness.” It is too bad Bush is no longer in the position to appoint this “Laura F.” to some high-ranking Cabinet position, is probably what you’re thinking.